Michigan: Fort Wilkins Celebrates 100 Years As A State Park

A visit to Fort Wilkins is a treat in itself, but the weekend of July 28-30 offers even more – an encampment with the Civil War living-history group Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, featuring 25-plus costumed interpreters, a depiction of army barracks life and soldiers’ pastimes, full-scale cannon, and authentically reproduced clothing, tools and weapons.

It’s an annual tradition that was paused during the COVID pandemic. Battery D’s return coincides with Fort Wilkins Historic State Park’s 100th anniversary.

“In 1923, Fort Wilkins became a state park, and today the site includes camping, picnicking, fishing and other recreation opportunities as well as this wonderfully preserved historic site,” said Barry James, Upper Peninsula historian for the Michigan History Center.

“You’ll hear the echo of cannon fire rolling down the length of Lake Fanny Hooe, just as soldiers heard it more than 175 years ago. It is an experience not to be missed!”

  • The encampment is open to park visitors 8 a.m. to dusk Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 30.
  • Demonstrations, including Civil War medical and undertaking procedures, drills and skits are featured throughout the weekend.
  • For the daily schedule of activities, call 906-289-4215. Read more
General

Mossy Oak Collaborates with Heat Hog on Original Bottomland Portable Propane Heaters

WEST POINT, MS – Mossy Oak, the industry-leading camouflage brand, is pleased to announce its collaboration with makers of the Heat Hog brand of innovative heating solutions. This partnership aims to introduce a new line of portable propane heaters decorated in the iconic Mossy Oak Original Bottomland camouflage pattern. The camouflage heaters will be available in two three models, with BTU outputs of4,000 9,000, and 18,000, catering to outdoor enthusiasts and individuals seeking easy-to-use, reliable heating options for their outdoor activities such as in the hunting blind, camping or ice fishing

The ONLY tiltable portable heater, Heat Hog is a new breed that helps you command the cold and runs on the 1-pound propane cylinder or a 20-pound tank, is indoor and outdoor safe, and doesn’t require any electricity. It includes a warming dock in the back allowing you to get more fuel use out of each tank, a curved heating plaque which provides 33% a wider heating area than other heaters, and its patent-pending tilting design, so you can control where the radiant heat goes.

Jon Thelen, with a 25-year fishing industry career, expressed his enthusiasm about the product by stating “Whether talking portable fishing or in my deer stand, I want and need a heater I can rely on to keep me warm and stand up to the elements. Heat Hog uses every ounce of propane in the can meaning I have no waste and on top of that it has proven durable enough to ride in my sled at 40mph up the trail to the hotspots and fire right up! Read more

Hunting

BioLogic Unveils Amazing Fall Attraction in New Endurance Radish

BioLogic, the world’s leader in food plot research, has announced the development of a new, unique food plot planting. What if there were a plant that was irresistible to whitetails? What if the same planting helped to suppress weeds, improve soil nutrients, break up compacted soils and dramatically improved the soil for future crops? Most would say it sounds like we may have stumbled across “the magic bean,” but in this case it’s a new generation of radish developed for deer, introducing “BioLogic’s Endurance Radish!”

BioLogic’s exclusive New Zealand Endurance Radish is a unique, new generation of late flowering, soft-leaf type forage radish with high quality, large tuber and prolific leaf material. It is a new generation radish cultivar capable of growing extremely browse tolerant and nutrient-dense forage with advanced regrowth and cold tolerance over traditional radishes.

In testing we have found that in addition to the desirable cover crop characteristics described above, these new radishes are some of the most attractive plants to whitetails we have EVER seen. These radishes are brassicas, just like others that BioLogic has made famous, but are attractive to deer earlier during the season than many other brassica types. However, because of the superior browse tolerance of this new cultivar the plants will continue to pump out more forage, even after being browsed, providing nutrient-rich forage for months of attraction and herd health. They’re tough, too, in addition to being browse tolerant, they are drought tolerant and cold hardy, too. Read more

Wildlife

Riton Optics 5 PRIMAL 10×42 ED Binoculars

Tucson, AZ – Riton Optics is proud to announce the latest addition to the PRIMAL line of hunting-focused optics, the 5 PRIMAL 10×42 ED binoculars. Designed from the ground up to satisfy the optical needs of discerning hunters and shooters, the 5 PRIMAL 10×42 binoculars are built with Riton’s premium ED (extra low dispersion) glass to provide a superior glassing experience when looking for that buck or bull of a lifetime.

Fully multi-coated, low light enhancement, waterproof and full wide band lens coatings further enhance the optical performance, resolution and color accuracy of the Riton ED glass, while providing a lifetime of protection against the elements and improve low-light performance. The 5 PRIMAL 10×42 ED binoculars’ 10x magnification and 42mm objective lens diameter offer an incredibly wide field of view of 348 ft at 1,000 yards, while also optimizing light transmission. Read more

Optics

Introducing ROMEO-X Series Red Dot Sights

NEWINGTON, N.H. – Introducing the all-new ROMEO-X series of optics from SIG SAUER Electro-Optics; inspired by the recently released mil-spec ROMEO-M17 the ROMEO-X delivers military grade performance, reliability, and durability for civilian everyday carry. The ROMEO-X series of red-dot sights is offered as a ROMEO-X Compact for micro-compact pistols to include the P365 and a ROMEO-X Pro for full-size pistols to include the P320.

“The ROMEO-X family of red dot sights is completely optimized for everyday carry and built using the same technology and testing standards of our mil-spec optics that are designed to withstand the rigors of the battlefield,” said Andy York, President, SIG SAUER Electro-Optics. “The ROMEO-X Series is designed for ease of use beginning with the side battery placement leading to an overall low deck height of the sight. This profile gives the optic an extremely low position when mounted to the slide for a full sight picture and co-witness with the existing standard-height iron sights. The ROMEO-X Compact and ROMEO-X Pro are engineered, tested, and built-in Oregon to be the ultimate aiming solution for EDC.” Read more

Optics

Top Ten Reasons to Own A Buck Knife

POST FALLS, ID— Buck Knives, Inc., a global leader in the outdoor, sporting, and everyday carry (EDC) knife markets, offers more than 200 models of knives and tools for use by hunters, anglers, campers and outdoors enthusiasts in all pursuits. There are many reasons to own one—or many—of these knives, such as the following: Read more

Cutlery

Family Announces Passing of Longtime Outdoor Television Celebrity Jim Scoutten

Longtime Shooting USA host and outdoor celebrity Jim Scoutten has died. Scoutten, 77, died yesterday in Franklin, Tennessee, following a brief illness. A Newton, Iowa native, Scoutten has been a well-known and respected figure in the shooting industry, serving as the longtime host of Shooting USA. As managing editor of Tier One Media, LLC, he created two of the most successful cable television shows on Outdoor Channel. In 2018, the twenty-fifth year of his shooting sports TV career, Scoutten was inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame. There, Scoutten said the message about shooting was always a simple one: “Doesn’t this look like fun? Don’t these people seem like folks you’d enjoy shooting with? Now, here’s how to get involved.” Arrangements are incomplete.

Firearms

National Trappers Association Convention and Outdoor Show coming to Delta County

The Last Alaskans’ trapper Heimo Korth to be among the presenters

The largest trapping event in North America will be held -29 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.

Many legendary trappers from around the U.S. will be selling their wares, giving demonstrations or just enjoying the show. There will be something for everyone in the family to enjoy, with many activities for kids.

An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people will attend the event, which will be held each day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for a 1-day pass, $20 for a three-day pass, with children admitted free of charge. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase, and camping is available on the grounds.

One of the featured speakers will be Heimo Korth, known to viewers of the Discovery Channel program “The Last Alaskans.” Read more

Hunting

A Driven Boar Hunt in Hungary for Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey

Castle Rock, CO – The world’s most watched outdoor television series celebrates the challenge, tradition and pageantry of traditional driven boar hunting in this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey on Outdoor Channel. Chris Dorsey and his close friends immerse themselves in the spectacular action and history of hunting for driven boar with host Peter Horn, who is the only American to ever receive the prestigious St Hubertus Medal from the nation of Hungary, an honor bestowed to those who go to extraordinary lengths to champion ethical hunting and conservation across the country.

Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is a joint venture between Dorsey Pictures, the largest producer of outdoor lifestyle programming in history and Sporting Classics magazine, the award-winning 40-year old premium outdoor magazine that showcases the history, art and romance of the outdoors. The series airs on Outdoor Channel every Monday at 12:30 pm, Tuesday at 7:30 am, Thursday at 2:30 pm, and Sunday at 4:30 and 10:30 am (all times ET). Read more

Hunting

Pope & Young Confirms New World Record Caribou

July 18, 2023 – Pope and Young, America’s leading bowhunting conservation organization, is excited to announce a new world record Woodland Caribou in the velvet category. Pope and Young announced thirteen new world records at their 33rd Biennial Convention in April of this year, with this incredible bull being one.

Daniel Welker’s bull set the world record with a score of 362 1/8”, this is an incredible 107” larger than the next largest confirmed Woodland Caribou in Velvet of 254 2/8”. Daniel’s score was confirmed at the February 2023 Pope and Young Panel Verification in Reno, Nevada. This incredible bull was taken on August 28th, 2021, in Bergeo, Newfoundland.

“Finally, it’s opening day for Woodland Caribou season,” stated Daniel Welker. “The sun is rising and we’re in the perfect spot. Not even five minutes passed, and we had our eyes on the bull. Without hesitation, we discussed and executed our plan. We were all blown away as I put my hands on him for the first time. I now had my second Top Ten entry into The Pope and Young Club.” Read more

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